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US Custom Harvesters Looking for a More Normal Harvest Season in 2020
Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:00:21 CST
U.S. Custom Harvesters is a company based in Turon, Kansas. They are a member's based organization that has around 400 harvester members and a little over 200 associate members. U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc. is a non-profit association of professional harvesters (combine, forage, hay, and cotton), all serving the needs of the American farmer.
Director Raph Jolliffe says the goal is to make harvesting easier for farmers by freeing up their time and resources, "Harvesting is a very labor-intensive time of the year, very equipment intensive-capital intensive time of the year. So if you are in the market, you can hire a harvester. Now you've taken all the extra equipment out of the shed, all the money off the banknote, and you don't have all the headache of harvest time. You've got somebody else that comes in, gets the job accomplished for you. Meanwhile, you are busy doing other chores that need to be accomplished while harvesting is happening and you don't lack on family time, and the rest of the operations around the farm that need to take place at the same time."
The harvesting season is dependent on the weather, with 70% of U.S Custom Harvesters being a part of the grain harvest, Jolliffe says sometimes they have to wait on the crops, "You know, it is very weather-driven industry. You usually hope that Mother Nature will cooperate with you. This year everyone was late getting crops in the ground as far as their spring crops are concerned. There was a question on whether or not they would even get in the ground, but we've been pretty fortunate."
If a farmer needs the help of U.S. Custom Harvesters, Jolliffe says the biggest benefit is that they are centrally located, and only a phone call away, "A farmer can call into the office, and they will shoot out an email that goes to all of our members and anybody that is in the area, it doesn't usually take very long. If you've got acres to cover, somebody will be there with equipment. We've got a pretty diverse group of people, and somebody is always eager to pick up a few acres. This year has been one of those years were probably more acres than most people could get covered just because of the weather and timeliness."
If you have questions about U.S. Custom harvesters, you can get more information on their website, https://uschi.com/
Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear the complete interview with Raph Jolliff as he talks with KC Sheperd at the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasters convention.
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